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The monument, on the chancel south wall, consists of two oval medallions containing
classical mural busts surmounted by an achievement of arms: Qly.
1st and 4th Or, fretty gules, a canton ermine (Noel).
2nd Sable, a chevron between three leopard's faces or (Wentworth).
3rd Lovelace. Impaling Argent, on a chevron sable three leopard's faces or (Rowney).
The whole composition is surmounted by a flaming urn, while beneath, in a round plaque,
is the inscription:
Sir Clobery Noel Bart
eldest son of Sir John Noel Bart
by Mary his wife (daughter of
Sir John Clobery of Broadstone
in the County of Devon Knight)
Married Elizabeth daughter of
Thomas Rowney of ye City of Oxford Esq
by whom he had six sons Edward Clobery
Thomas John William James and
Rowney & one daughter Mary. He died
July 30 1733 aged 39. She died June ye 24 1743 aged 49 and both lie
interred underneath.
Sir Clobery was Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1718 and MP for the county in 1727.
Sepulchral Effigies of Leicestershire and Rutland
Text copyright Max Matthews 2002. Selected text copyright Bob Trubshaw 2025–6.
Images copyright Max Matthews 2002 or Bob Trubshaw 2002, 2025–6.
No copying or reproduction without prior written permission.
Published by Heart of Albion Press
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